Library fine

'Finally, a library I won't get thrown out of' ... David Mandelbrot, vice-president of search technology at Yahoo We've already chosen our site of the week for this week, but I've only just come across the Open Library on the back of a news story in the paper today, and it is, frankly, too amazing to keep quiet about until Monday. Set up by one Brewster Kahle, the idea is that rather than digitising only the text of books, one can scan in high-resolution photographs of pages, providing online readers with a near-as-dammit tactile reading experience, down to the last blotch and dogear. Read the full story here, and then take a look at the site - go on, do. It appears to be at a very early stage at the moment, and as far as I can work out (please correct me if I'm wrong), the only books you can "read" are the ones linked from the front page, but I'll certainly be checking back to see other titles come online. Fantastic stuff.